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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>Is there
any way to get Box values (width, height, depth) of some particular
character? Actually I want to write diagonally by placing top-left corner
of each character box at lower-right corner of the preceding character.
Is it possible and how? Thanks</blockquote><br>
In general: TeX provides \wd, \ht, \dp, which could be applied to <br>
\hbox{<character>}. LaTeX provides \settowidth etc. as in E.
Krishnan's <br>
suggestion. It is often helpful to have a look at manuals or tutorials.
<br><br>
Specifically: 1.) E. Krishnan's suggestion could be extended to <br>
define a loop that could be applied to an arbitrary number of characters
<br>
in the string. 2.) A very different approach where measuring is
left to <br>
TeX's internals: Determine the number N of characters, then set up <br>
an alignment (LaTeX: tabular) with N columns, execute a \cr or \\ after
<br>
each character, precede the next character with n &'s when n
characters <br>
have been processed so far (use a double-loop). -- Of course <br>
implementing both of these algorithms needs some basic skill in <br>
programming and basic knowledge of TeX or LaTeX and some portion
<br>
of an hour to type in and to debug, depending on practice -- even this
rough <br>
sketch costed me at least 15 minutes (including debugging the wordings).
<br>
Personally I am very adverse to type loops, even when the algorithm is
clear. <br><br>
Lucky typesetting, <br>
Uwe </font></html>